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Your household and personal care products could be harboring a chemical called phthalate. It is added to plastics and lotions to soften the products, and preserve fragrance. Photo Credit: See the original post: Chemicals That May Harm Children’s Development
Frank Sinatra is still as hip as ever, and if you don’t believe us, take it from Bill Maher and ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane. At a recent party thrown by MacFarlane, the two friends showed off their singing chops. Maher and MacFarlane had some fun on stage belting out the Sinatra tune “Star.” Although both men are best known for their comedic skills, MacFarlane has also made a name for himself as a full-fledged crooner. He recently released his very own album entitled “Music Is Better Than Words.” Check out the clip above ( via YouTube/ClearlyFunny ). Read more from the original source: WATCH: Bill Maher, Seth MacFarlane Sing Sinatra
From Pacific Palisades to Beverly Hills, historical societies and museums gathered to share stories of old Los Angeles at the Archives Bazaar on Oct. Read more from the original source: Palisades Historical Society Participates in Archives Bazaar
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department harasses law-abiding photographers, threatening to put them on an FBI “hit list,” accusing them of terrorist conspiracy and detaining them for completely lawful activities, according to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU. Photographers have been stopped and harassed for taking pictures on the sidewalk, on the Red Line and near oil refineries. more › More: ACLU Sues Sheriff’s Department For Repeatedly Harassing Law-Abiding Photographers
A new audit of the California foster care system has revealed that over 1,000 foster homes and facilities in the state match addresses on the state sex offender registry. This means that sex offenders are living and/or working in said foster care establishments. more › See more here: Oops! Audit Reveals 1,000 CA Foster Care Homes Match Sex Offender Addresses
Occupy protesters and followers are questioning whether or not Los Angeles will face similar rioting as the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Oakland movements. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who has supported the movement from day one, and at least one other councilman – Bill Rosendahl – are losing patience and feel that the time has come for occupiers to pack up camp and create a new tent city elsewhere. more › More: Occupy L.A. Protesters Will Not Back Down
The Sacramento earthquake rocked the California State Capitol as the midnight hour approached, leaving startled Northern Californians to wonder if the quake was The Big One. The 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook the state capitol building and rattled the California Legislature and State Assembly offices in the dead of night. The earthquake epicenter was 23 miles outside of Truckee, CA and was felt in Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco. The USGS reports at least five aftershocks following the temblor, and local nerves are on-edge.
The California Dream Act has caused a backlash after recently being signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. The controversial legislation to help illegal aliens pay for college will be repealed if opponents get their way. California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R-Hesperia) is gathering signatures for a referendum to eliminate part of the California Dream Act. 505,000 signatures are needed to qualify a referendum for the November 2012 ballot to get rid of Assembly Bill 131 , which lets illegal aliens get taxpayer-funded scholarships for free. Assemblyman Donnelly said the California Dream Act, which takes effect January 1st, will create a magnet for record levels of illegal immigration to California. “At a time when we’re broke, when we have 2 million people unemployed, when state colleges are underfunded and overbooked, we’re creating a brand new entitlement,” Donnelly declared. The California Dream Act was proposed by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), consisting of two bills, both of which Democrat Jerry Brown signed into law: AB 130 , which gives illegal aliens privately-funded scholarships AB 131 , which gives illegals aliens taxpayer-funded scholarships Donnelly’s proposed referendum targets only the second part of the new California law, called the California Dream Act, the part that hands the tax dollars from legal citizens over to illegal aliens. Supporters of the California Dream Act say that California’s working families have a responsibility to invest in a university education for undocumented immigrants, and they say that Assembly Donnelly’s efforts will fail. This stance has outraged a growing number of California taxpayers, many of whom cannot afford to put their own children through college. Because of the California Dream Act, the Department of Finance estimates that thousands of students will now get Cal Grants costing tens of millions of US dollars. To qualify the referendum, Donnelly and volunteers must collect 505,000 validated signatures by January 6th .
Sheriff’s deputies received a call from passers-by yesterday morning who reported that someone in a dry riverbed in Laguna Hills was screaming, according to the Orange County Register . They arrived to find the head and arms of a man — who so far remains nameless — sticking out of a hollowed-out tree. more › Read more: Firefighters Rescue, Perform Mental Health Check on Man Who Got Stuck Inside Tree Trunk
At just 19-year-old Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Courtney Love and the late Kurt Cobain, shocked the fashion world with a series of very grown up photographs this summer. Now there are reports she’s engaged … to a guy who looks a lot like her father. According to OC Weekly , Frances has been dating The Rambles’ lead singer, Isaiah Silva, for more than a year, and changed their relationship status on Facebook to engaged a few weeks ago. While the paper notes the couple recently removed the status, they allude to their engagement in online posts, which can be viewed here . In one post Frances writes: “Getting to spend the rest of my life loving my best friend makes me the luckiest woman in the world.” OC Weekly also points out that Silva shares a remarkable resemblance to Frances’ father Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994. It’s a little weird, right? If the couple are in fact engaged, we can’t wait to hear what Frances’ mother Courtney Love has to say about it. Continued here: Is Frances Bean Cobain Engaged?
